Craig Quiter/Crag Jensen
16813 Ridge Road, Holley NY, 14470
Phone: 716 720 0875
Résumé
Composer/Songwriter/Arranger/Producer/Pianist/Vocalist/Guitarist/Drummer/Educator
Objective:
To compose, perform, engineer and produce high quality music as well as to teach others so that they may benefit from my education and experience.
Related Work Experience:
Employment History/Credits
Starting in his teen years: over forty years of experience playing in Rock, Jazz, Top Forty, Casuals and Country bands.
Over thirty years of experience as a songwriter, instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, arranger and sound.engineer in various recording studios around the country. This includes, jingles, movie soundtracks, books.on.CDs and pop songs of various styles. Crag has written, recorded, engineered and produced music for NBC, Lifetime, Curb/MCA, Interplanetary Productions and New Falcon Publications.
Seventeen years of experience as a dueling pianist and entertainment director. This requires the ability to solicit a large degree of audience participation, learn, master and memorize a large number of songs, sing and play piano in a wide variety of styles, multitask a variety of activities while on stage, learn and/or create new comedy skits as well as to work in tandem with and sometimes direct and train a wide variety of piano partners.
Past Work Experience
Studio Musician/Vocalist, Producer, Engineer, Composer, Music Tech, Author
Pantheon Studios-Scottsdale AZ-studio musician, vocalist, composer, producer, arranger, producer, voice-over artist, hardcopy writer, recording and mix-down engineer–1983–1990
Network 30–“Head Jingle Producer”-jingle composer, arranger, musician, vocalist, recording and mix.down/mastering engineer, producer–1984–1986
TMT Productions –“President”-composer, arranger, musician, vocalist, recording and mix.down/mastering engineer producer – in charge of production company (live and studio produced projects) 1999-present
New Falcon Publications/Original Falcon Press–author, composer, narrator, recording and mix.down/mastering engineer-1997–present
Freelance Studio Musician, Vocalist and Producer at Vintage Recording, Pantheon Studios, Sound.Tech, Chaton Studios and Audio.Video Recorders (Phoenix and Scottsdale AZ area–1980s)
Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Vocalist and Producer and Actor for Inter.Planetary Productions (for the film “Voyage of the Rock Aliens”)–Atlanta Georgia and Los Angeles California–1983.1984
Head Jingle Producer for Network 30 at Pantheon Studios–Scottsdale Arizona–1984-1986
Contributing Music.Soundtrack Writer for the Television Series “Unsolved Mysteries” – Circa–1980s
Soundtrack Composer for Zoo Street Sounds – Los Angeles California- 2005- 2006
Live Music
Princess Cruise Lines – keyboarist/vocalist – February - 2015
Baxter’s Boathouse–Hyannis MA–pianist/guitarist/vocalist, jingle writer and producer – April –August 2014
The Jewel of the Seas–pianist/vocalist/entertainer–August–September -2012
The Enchantment of the Seas–pianist/vocalist/entertainer . March – July 2012
The Navigator of the Seas–pianist/vocalist/entertainer . November 2011 – April . 2012
The Grandeur of the Seas–pianist/vocalist/entertainer -October & November -2010
The Bull’s Head Pub/Texas Boogie–Boise Idaho- pianist/vocalist/drummer/entertainer . April 2009 . Present
Pat Obrien’s–San Antonio Texas–pianist/vocalist/entertainer -May 2007–January 2009
The Time Out Bar & Grille pianist/vocalist/entertainer-Painesville Ohio -January –March 2007
Cebar’s Bar & Grill–pianist/vocalist/entertainer- Madison Ohio . January- March 2007
The Comix Café–Buffalo New York–pianist/vocalist/entertainer . January–March 2007
The Waterhouse- Peoria Illinois–pianist/vocalist/entertainer -various times in 2006 & 2007
Crocodile Rocks–Norfolk Virginia–pianist/vocalist/entertainer/drummer -June- August 2006
Rum Runners–Ft Wayne Indiana–pianist/vocalist/entertainer -September 2005–June 2006
Deja Vue -Bentonville Arkansas- pianist/vocalist/entertainer . July -2005-August 2005
Sunset Ribs Dueling Piano Bar . Niantic Connecticut . pianist/vocalist/entertainer-June 2005 and July 2005
Before 2005-pianist/vocalist/entertainer-Lil Ditties in Phoenix and Gulfport, several Rum Runners and Banana Joes across the country and DJ’s Dugout in Omaha etc. beginning in November of 1990.
________________________________
Piano Instruction
I have given piano lessons to variety of students with various levels of proficiency over the last thirty years. In the last few years I have introduced the use of the computer and music software into my curriculum to help facilitate the teaching process.
Studio and Production Experience:
All facets of musical production at Pantheon Studios in Phoenix AZ-1983-1990
Education
Regents Diploma from Gowanda Central High School-Gowanda NY
A.A. in Humanities-Jamestown Community College
BA in Music Theory and Composition and Piano-Grand Canyon University
Animation and video editing & production
Freelance work-2006-present
Software
Sonar
Wave Lab
Kontakt (Instruments and effects)
Cool Edit Pro
Pro Tools
Q.Base
East/West Gold Orchestra
East/West Storm Drums
Rapture (soft.synth)
Massive (soft.synth)
Absynth (soft.synth)
Abbey Road Drums (soft.synth)
Auto.Tune
PhotoShop
Word
Anime Pro
Crazy.Talk
Pinnacle Video Studio
Corel Video Studio
Instruments
Piano
Synthesizer
Acoustic Guitar
Drums
Electric Guitar
Guitar
Keyboard
Voice . Lead
Voice . Backing
_______________________
Confirmation # - 592148